Great mod! But, I need some help. The fmvs ingame (the original ones, not the mods) don't play in the game where they are supposed to. I can view the fmvs through any media player outside of the game. Has anyone encountered this issue here? If so, what is the solution?
Great mod! If its not asking too much, could you please make an alternate version of the Final Boss FMV this time with the original track from Ninja Gaiden Black? I would very much appreciate that!
I know there is already a mod on Nexus to replace Sigma tracks with Black tracks, but the transition from the FMV to the boss fight is still not as perfect as the ones from your mod.
Is it possible to add in the original game's credits sequence? I'm not seeing a credits video in the game files which probably means that it's all in-engine, but if we could get the original credits back, then we would be one step closer to the perfect version of the game in my mind.
Any chance you can convert the 4:3 NGB cutscenes? I have a link to them if you need it. You lose so much image with the 16:9 chop jobs. And the 200% CG upscaling via Topaz helps remove much aliasing.
Unless you found a link to NGB fmvs that don’t have the terrible saturation issue and the off coloring then it’s not worth it. I have gotten two separate rips of NGB and both had this issue. I even ripped my copy of NG04 thinking it might be a NGB issue, but the problem persisted.
It looks like the saturation and gamma should be reduced a bit. Any chance you could DM me which tools you used? I'd love to take a swing at it. I think it's worth it for the extra image, and reduced noise resulting from the zooming during the pan-and-scan job.
Well done! Have you noticed a little disconnection in the audio when the FMV transitions to in-game? I had problems with it, and found out it is caused by the video being longer (even by mms) than the audio. It's noticeable even when playing the FMV outside the game, but your versions seem not to suffer from it. I couldn't test the Alma FMV in-game, but it should be ok. But the Final Boss FMV, as you already know, is only 1:23 long, while on PS3 it was 1:27. It's missing 4 seconds of black screen, in which the music continues to play, so that when it transitions into the game the passage is perfect. Through the video editor, I attached 4 extra seconds of black screen to the 1:23 PC FMV, but I got that little disconnection at the end of the FMV, so I had to do various tries, controlling the duration of both audio tracks and the video's, till the converted FMV was exactly 1:27:20 long. Now it transitions perfectly. I can send you the video if you'd like to try it and add it to your pack. Let me know what you think.
Also, do you have a savegame from ch 9 so I can test Alma's FMV?
Yeah I didn't have that problem only because I saw you mentioned it before and decided not to even mess with it. I didn't have the problem with the Doku fight FMV probably because the chapter just ends after that. The transition with the final boss seemed to line up fine too, even though the music loses a verse or two. Definitely send me your file though, I wasn't a big fan of waiting around the extra 4 seconds after the video ends, but with the smooth transition, I'd rather have that.
A couple things too btw in case you keep trying to mess around with these FMVs. I was able to rip my NG04 copy to my PC today, but it seems the FMVs suffer the same problems as Black's when ripped. They all have very oversaturated and terrible looking colors. I'm not sure why that happens. I was also going to AI enhance all the FMVs with Topaz, but all the differences were very unnoticeable. For now this might be as good as it gets until someone comes along that knows way more than what I do about video editing.
Also, I sent you a DM with a link to my chapter 9 save.
Thank you for the savegame. I sent you the link with the FMV. Let me know how it came out.
Yeah, I only began learning the basics of video editing out of necessity to patch these bugs, but I think the MC FMVs quality will be the best available until someone much more experienced tries their hand at it.
This is awesome I always hated that this cutscene was removed in sigma...Thanks to you we have it back.
Also I'm not sure who to ask for this...but is there anyway we can get someone to restore Ryu's blue/purple ninja outfit for chapter 1 and 2 I noticed when I started a new game on very hard I was already wearing the Badass Black Falcon outfit at the start.....I was like huh. it makes more sense to start with his traditional outfit.
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But, I need some help.
The fmvs ingame (the original ones, not the mods) don't play in the game where they are supposed to. I can view the fmvs through any media player outside of the game.
Has anyone encountered this issue here?
If so, what is the solution?
I know there is already a mod on Nexus to replace Sigma tracks with Black tracks, but the transition from the FMV to the boss fight is still not as perfect as the ones from your mod.
I had problems with it, and found out it is caused by the video being longer (even by mms) than the audio. It's noticeable even when playing the FMV outside the game, but your versions seem not to suffer from it.
I couldn't test the Alma FMV in-game, but it should be ok.
But the Final Boss FMV, as you already know, is only 1:23 long, while on PS3 it was 1:27. It's missing 4 seconds of black screen, in which the music continues to play, so that when it transitions into the game the passage is perfect.
Through the video editor, I attached 4 extra seconds of black screen to the 1:23 PC FMV, but I got that little disconnection at the end of the FMV, so I had to do various tries, controlling the duration of both audio tracks and the video's, till the converted FMV was exactly 1:27:20 long. Now it transitions perfectly.
I can send you the video if you'd like to try it and add it to your pack.
Let me know what you think.
Also, do you have a savegame from ch 9 so I can test Alma's FMV?
A couple things too btw in case you keep trying to mess around with these FMVs. I was able to rip my NG04 copy to my PC today, but it seems the FMVs suffer the same problems as Black's when ripped. They all have very oversaturated and terrible looking colors. I'm not sure why that happens. I was also going to AI enhance all the FMVs with Topaz, but all the differences were very unnoticeable. For now this might be as good as it gets until someone comes along that knows way more than what I do about video editing.
Also, I sent you a DM with a link to my chapter 9 save.
I sent you the link with the FMV. Let me know how it came out.
Yeah, I only began learning the basics of video editing out of necessity to patch these bugs, but I think the MC FMVs quality will be the best available until someone much more experienced tries their hand at it.
Also I'm not sure who to ask for this...but is there anyway we can get someone to restore Ryu's blue/purple ninja outfit for chapter 1 and 2 I noticed when I started a new game on very hard I was already wearing the Badass Black Falcon outfit at the start.....I was like huh. it makes more sense to start with his traditional outfit.